JAM – Junction Arts & Media

Your gift builds community and strengthens democracy in the Upper Valley of NH and VT through the media arts.

OUR STORY

JAM is reimagining how we can harness the positive potential of the media arts to build community in the Upper Valley. Times have changed since our founding as a community access television station, and JAM is changing to meet our moment. Media matters more than ever, shaping our sense of self, family, community, and democracy. In 2022 CATV (Community Access Television) merged with the White River Indie Film Festival (WRIF) to become JAM – Junction Arts & Media, a new model for a community media arts studio and event space in downtown White River Junction, VT serving the Upper Valley region of NH and VT and beyond.

YOUR GIFT

Your donation to JAM supports noncommercial, independent local media and a creative community that strengthens democracy and belonging for all. 

JAM is a multimedia creative space for all ages.

JAM operates a free and accessible media arts "makerspace" that supports creativity in the media arts through exhibitions and events, media education programs across the life span, an audio recording studio and animation workshop. 

JAM is a partner for participatory democracy. 

JAM catalyzes civic engagement through on-location, hybrid media coverage of Upper Valley local government, school boards, and local activism. JAM's two non-commercial, non-partisan PEG (public, education and government) cable access channels, also available via streaming online and app, provide platforms for information and local voices. 

JAM is a protector of free speech. 

Rooted in our thirty-year history as a community access media organization, JAM enables the free expression and respectful exchange of divergent viewpoints as means to deepen mutual understanding, find common ground, and strengthen our social fabric. 

JAM is a champion for healthier mediated lives.

JAM empowers community members of all ages – and especially youth – to become "media literate" creators and critical thinkers.

JAM is the Upper Valley's storyteller.  

JAM incubates storytelling across media platforms.  JAM – Junction Arts & Media supports free community storytelling, writing and poetry groups; the annual White River Indie Film Festival showcasing the best of local and global cinema; original podcast and audiobook creation on topics from environmental law to local history; film and video production; and experimental multimedia forms. Stories created at JAM build belonging in our community and produce a lasting record of life in the Upper Valley. 

Thank you for considering a gift to JAM!

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